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Heart babies |
Tuesday 9 October 2001 |
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One in a hundred babies are born with heart problems.
When a woman is pregnant the baby's heart is examined at the four month scan, but while almost all spinal and kidney problems are picked up at this point, only 23% of serious heart problems are detected.
The charity Echo says it needn't be like that and is campaigning for better scanning.
Claudia Hammond reports.
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